Roots
Growing up
Dreams
Friends, First Encounters
Women
Любовь и страсть
The Family
Father and Son
Disappointments, Big and Small
The Eternal Pursuit of Happiness Part1
Life Is Beautiful
Senator or Attorney?
Prison
So Help Us God!
Women in Search of Love
Veronica's Romantic Entanglements
Brooklyn
The Eternal Pursuit of Happiness Part2
Classical Narrative
Hollywood tends to focus on the classical narrative. The classical narrative is essentially broken down into a simple three-act structure (more on this later) with all of the loose ends neatly tied up.
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The First Act - 25% |
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The First Act is the Set-up in which you introduce your main characters, their objectives and the obstacles that prevent them from achieving those objectives. The first act ends with a Plot Point, a twist or turning point that spins the story in a different direction. |
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The Second Act - 50% |
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The Second Act is the bulk of the story and is the Confrontation where the conflict plays out. The second act is the character or characters trying to achieve their goals established in the first act and all of the obstacles that lie in their path. The second act also ends with a Plot Point that spins the story in a new direction toward the third act. |
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The Third Act - 25% |
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This act is the Resolution. The issues raised and the conflict sustained in the second act all come to a climax and resolution in the third act. |
If a screenplay is roughly 12